That Mickey and Silvia album looks interesting. Sometimes old albums like that have interesting songs on them. I used to pick stuff like that at flea markets on vinyl and sometimes find some real gems.
My friend and I laughed so hard during the film 2012 that we kinda fell over and couldn't breathe. Luckily we were the only ones in the theater. So no complaints.
Ok then I used the short one. Wiktionary used the "a" with the dash above it (not sure how to type that). I need to lookup what that means.
Tweeting's cool too. I discovered I can do that from my iPod Touch and so I've been doing it more. I'm not sure how anyone has time to follow lots of feeds though like they do. I use it mainly for interesting quotes and documenting Wilhelms when I hear one.
I suppose the move away from MC had begun with Halo Reach, since he's not in that game except very briefly at the end, but I loved Reach anyway probably because of the feel of the gameplay, the Marty O'Donnel music, and the Firefight multiplayer levels. Halo 4 just doesn't feel right with the subtle changes in the gameplay, different music, and a story that I find unworthy of scifi action movie style simplicity, which is what I've come to expect from Halo games. I like the complexity of the universe around MC but let's not get too carried away with it. I like the focus to be on the action. So, there's nothing really wrong with Halo 4, it's just going in a more sophisticated direction that doesn't appeal to me as much. And I tend to overreact about it because I'm such a silly Halo fanboy.
I appreciate your thoughts on this. You've got a clear eye for this stuff. It's helped me think about this more clearly.
Also, I'm looking forward to Karen Traviss' new book out next week, Mortal Dictata, but I fear it's all going to be about the female Spartan's anger over being abducted as a child by Halsey. Boo hoo! I'm going to like it anyway. Karen's a great writer.
I also want to go to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas and FunSpot in New Hampshire.
I get what you mean.
Ha Ha! That's funny. Everyone is evil in GTA. Right on.
Wasn't that L.A. Noire?
Alright. I have a new game idea. Cannibal Cops. The twist is that you play as one of them kinda like Stubbs the Zombie. You're initially controlled by a central intelligence agency and used to keep law and order, only at some point you break your programming and wonder if consuming villains is ok or not. In another twist, you end up thinking it IS ok and gobble someone down. The scene results in a lot of controversy online and we all discuss whether or not first person cannibalism in a game is appropriate.
Back to your regually scheduled program: I never was attracted to the GTA games for just your concerns. It always made me uncomfortable to be a bad guy in a game or shoot police. Duke Nukem's LARD pig aliens (get it. LAPD, LARD) also kind of bothered me along those same lines... um... but I still played that one.
It's an appealing fantasy to be the guy to break the rules or misbehaive. It's also great fodder for media of all sorts. Gangster movies in the 30's used to draw a lot of controversy. People thought it glorified gangsters and their lifestyle. Well, it does, but a movie is arguably not a huge influence to act out in real life. Same with games. A few people do act out, but they are very few. So some people like the bad guy fantasy, it's just not me.
